Opinion
The belief in Beijing, Moscow and Berlin is that the U.S. can no longer lead the globe.
Walter Russell Mead
Columnist, Global View, The Wall Street Journal
Walter Russell Mead is the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and the Humanities at Bard College, the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at the Hudson Institute, and The Wall Street Journal's Global View columnist.
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